CV: Eva Gustavsson, translator

Lodilo – Translation and Linguistic Checking

Eva Gustavsson
Måsgatan 5
SE-582 37 Linköping
Tel: +46-13-10 56 65
Cell phone: +46-734-23 29 21
Fax: +46-13-10 56 65 (please ring first)
info at lodilo . com, eg at blixtmail . se
www.lodilo.com

Mother tongue:
Swedish

Language combinations:
English to Swedish
German to Swedish

Education:
Master of Science, Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
Exchange studies in Germany during the fourth year of my Master’s
Certificate of Proficiency in English
Courses at Linköping and Lund university: French (1 year), Spanish (1 year), English (6 months), Human Ecology (3 months), Geography (1 year), Art history (6 months)
Course in organic farming

Work experience:
Some short jobs:    Public library, organic horticulture, garden centre
                            Practical experience of research in Spain
                            Several jobs in Germany, mainly research
Researcher at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) for 11 years
Lodilo, my own translation business, started in 2001

Translation experience:
Translations:
    -   Schönheit um jeden Preis, a polemical book about cosmetics
    -   The First World War, a book for teenagers
    -   course leader manual for parenting course, Right from the Start
    -   EU Directive 2001/16, TSI Conventional Rail System, Control-Command and Signalling
    -   on-line translation, Hewlett Packard Localization Management Center
    -   documents on transport research and railways
    -   texts on environmental issues and technology  
    -   scientific project descriptions, administrative documents
    -   magazine articles
    -   marketing brochures
    -   lamps and illumination
    -   technical instructions, chemical inserts
    -   technical-marketing catalogue texts
    -   information on ecological products and environmental events

Offer of employment as a translator at the European Parliament in 1996 (English, German, French and Spanish to Swedish. I declined for personal reasons.)

Computer:
PC, Windows XP
Cable connection to the Internet with router
MS Office, Déjà Vu, Dreamweaver, Eudora, Kaspersky Antivirus, Wordfinder
Basic knowledge of HTML

Other:
Registered for VAT
Errors and omissions insurance (valid for Europe)
Member of the Swedish Association of Professional Translators (SFÖ)

References:
Jeanette Berglund, Remax, 0503-16208
Elisabeth Ernst, SPRACHEN KOMPLETT SERVICE, info@sks-europe.com, +49-911-720834